Farmland consolidation is the act of consolidating a series of fragmented and irregular farmland plots to enlarge plot their size and support sufficient irrigation. Farmland consolidation also combines and groups the proprietor’s farmland into one area by administrative give-and-take as well as division-and-junction of their land. Moreover, it also includes the rearrangement of farmland, which is small or lacks sufficient infrastructure due to farmland consolidation or earthwork waterways projects that were done in the past. Such areas can be reconsolidated into a larger scale production by employing farm machinery. The first Farmland Consolidation Project in Korea was implemented for the sake of Increased Yield of Rice-Plan (1940) by Japan. In 1945 the performance of the project was to 24,000ha. After Korea gained independence, the Farmland Consolidation Project was initially implemented by Gyeongsangbuk-do (1964) with 247 districts (5,806ha). (The rest omitted)